Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Others have a bit of a tough time especially I think with ladies |
2 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
3 | For a long time now we 've called ourselves poor , but we 've managed to get along . |
4 | For a long time now I 've intended going North . |
5 | I attended the funeral and for a long time afterwards we , as a family , used to take flowers to the grave . |
6 | It was the most exciting , extraordinary experience he had ever had , and for a long time afterwards he would bend any ear he could find on the subject . |
7 | You see when committees are meeting at two o'clock usually have a much shorter agenda than this committee discussion but to enable to this committee and to do its job properly , I would think we 'd be looking where possible to be able to discuss items properly and to get start at a reasonable time like we do . |
8 | Anyhow , whatever it was , maybe a little , as Jan says , he also had a f a bad flu bug at a bad time anyhow he crashed out of the computer science course and he announced that he was only regarding the computer science course as being a stepping stone to being a teacher so the sensible thing to do would be to go on to the teacher training course at Lancashire , an education course , cos that 's what he wanted to do . |